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[addo]

Great thread Wayland, thanks for posting.
I love the picture of the four lads heading out up the hill in part 3.
As soon as I'm off the leash, I'll be back!

 

[Wayland]

what an awesome trip...

might i be so bold as to ask what food you took/bought on arrival for the first week, a full list if thats possible...

many thanks.

chris.

I'll try and sort out the receipts and post it up tomorrow.

 

[John Fenna]

My skin tone is now bright veridian!
Sounds like a superb trip!

 

[haydenw]

Thanks for taking the time to write the report and sharing this Wayland. Fantastic read!

 

[jacko1066]

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Mate this is prob the most stunning picture I have ever seen!!!!!
Top blog mate, purely inspirational!!!! brlliant!!
Steve

 

[bikething]

Excellent write up

Makes me sad to be back home and I wasn't even there!

 

[Qwerty]

Fantastic write up and superb photos. Regarding the flights back and the baggage check-in, Norwegian are an odd bunch. I fly regularly from Dublin to Bergen via Oslo. On the way out I have to check the bags in again in Oslo, but on the way back they will check the bags the whole way through home...

 

[Wayland]

That's because they run customs checks at the first point of landing in Norway.

If you are going in and Oslo is your first landing you have to pick up your bags and go through checks.

On the way back it is your final destination that they do the checks in most countries.

 

[TinkyPete]

Thanks Gary for an excellent article. Glad you had a good time, and you certainly learn alot living in cold conditions and I also found the colder it is the easier it is.

 

[oldtimer]

What a thoroughly enjoyable read. It's a thread I am sure to come back to. I follow your blog on your website, but have you published any books? You certainly have the seeds of a good one here. I think this deserves a much wider audience than just those of us who follow th BCuk site.
Many thanks for the vicarious pleasure!

 

[forestwalker]

My new Segebaden pulk has strips of HDPE screwed on as runners; could you add sacrificial runners in the same manner? My thought was countersunk head in the strips, and nylock nuts on the inside. Or brass runners i the same style?

 

[Wayland]

I have been thinking about a couple of possibilities but most of them are for preventing damage.

Looking at what is left I think I might be better off starting with a new shell than trying to repair this one.

 

[bilmo-p5]

What can I add to what's already been said.

An excellent thread and the icing on the cake after the interesting thread covering the prep. Thank you for taking the time to put it all together.

 

[Wayland]

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

What a thoroughly enjoyable read. It's a thread I am sure to come back to. I follow your blog on your website, but have you published any books? You certainly have the seeds of a good one here. I think this deserves a much wider audience than just those of us who follow th BCuk site.
Many thanks for the vicarious pleasure!

I have a vague idea for a publication at some point in the future but it will be mostly photography and a long way off just yet.

I think something that was different about this thread was that I worked from a bit of a journal that I wrote in the quiet moments while I was out there.

There were lots of thoughts that would probably have been forgotten otherwise so it is certainly something that I will try to do again in the future.

 

[johnboy]

Hi Wayland,

It might just be me but I think some of the images are out of sync...

Nice photos BTW did you do much to them in photoshop??

 

[Wayland]

Hi Wayland,

It might just be me but I think some of the images are out of sync...

Nice photos BTW did you do much to them in photoshop??

I think they are all in the right order but sometimes the text outruns them or falls behind. Is that what you mean?

Apart from the usual contrast management a few of the shots needed careful noise reduction. Otherwise things are pretty much as they were in the cameras.

 

[stovie]

A fantastic trip, brought beautifully to life...well done and thank you!

 

[Tor helge]

Excellent report and very nice photoes.

 

[Wayland]

what an awesome trip...

might I be so bold as to ask what food you took/bought on arrival for the first week, a full list if thats possible...

many thanks.

chris.

Sorry for the delay on this, I haven't got an exact list but this is what I've been able to remember.

I took with me some mashed potato powder, a couple of sachets of boil in the bag rice, chocolate and chocolate raisins and a mixture of Schwartz/Colman type dry packet sauces that made up with water or milk (Thai curry, cheese sauce, sausage and Moroccan casseroles, etc.)

From the local supermarkets I bought porridge oats, milk powder, sugar, butter, cocoa, salami slices (various types), fish cakes, sausages, frozen reindeer meat, tinned peaches, ice cream, jelly men, reindeer jerky and dried fish snacks, tinned chanterelles (which looked interesting but weren't very nice), solbaer syrup and dried solbaer toddy (Blackcurrant).

Hardware wise I bought long life candles, fire logs, snow/dish brushes and a roll of household paper (thinner version of kitchen roll) for general wiping up and loo roll duty.

From a diy shop I also bought 2,5 litres of Rod Sprit (Meths of some kind, pink and not as smelly)

One thing I intended to buy was foot powder or talc but I could not find any in the shops.

This lasted for most of the fortnight with a top up of more syrup, fish cakes, sausages, salami, tomato purée, and two packets of Lofoten fish sauce.

 

[Into_the_wild]

Great thread & pics Gary, thanks for taking the time mate For me the pics of the last night are Awesome!! couldnt have topped the trip off any better

Cheers Shane